The Swiss-Prot group is directed by Prof Ioannis Xenarios and Dr Lydie Bougueleret. The coordination board composed of Dr Sylvain Poux, head of the annotation department, Dr Alan Bridge, head of the enhancement and automation department, Dr Nicole Redaschi, head of the software development department and the two directors is in charge of the definition of the development strategy of the group as well as of the daily operations. One of the major strengths of the group is its annotation capacity served by expert staff scientists and supported by a dedicated team of software developers and bioinformaticians.

Coordination board

Directors Ioannis Xenarios (Group leader) Lydie Bougueleret (Co-director)

Head of departments Alan Bridge Sylvain Poux Nicole Redaschi

Departments

Annotation Sylvain Poux Chordata protein annotation program Lionel Breuza Anne Estreicher Livia Famiglietti Arnaud Gos Nadine Gruaz Andre Stutz Shyamala Sundaram Plant protein annotation program Michel Schneider Emmanuel Boutet Damien Lieberherr Michael Tognolli Prokaryotic protein annotation program Elisabeth Coudert Catherine Rivoire Andrea Auchincloss Guillaume Keller Viral protein annotation program Philippe Lemercier Chantal Hulo Patrick Masson Fungal protein annotation program Marc Feuermann Ivo Pedruzzi Animal toxin protein annotation program Florence Jungo

Enhancement and automation Alan James Bridge Kristian Axelsen Pierre-Alain Binz Ursula Hinz Anne Morgat Bernd Roechert Sandrine Pilbout PROSITE Lorenzo Cerutti Beatrice Cuche Christian Sigrist

Software development Nicole Redaschi Parit Bansal Delphine Baratin Teresa Manuela Batista Neto Jerven Tjalling Bolleman Gérard Bouchet Sébastien Catherinet Edouard de Castro Severine Duvaud Elisabeth Gasteiger Sebastien Gehant Vicente Lara Xavier Martin Monica Pozzato Daniel Walther

Other activities and support

Communications Marie-Claude Blatter Vivienne Gerritsen	System administration Salvo Paesano Mikael Doche Karin Sonesson
Research Brigitte Boeckmann Anne-Lise Veuthey	Administration Dolnide Dornevil Sylvie Staehli Laure Verbregue UniProt grant coordination Manuela Pruess